Solar Roadways of the Future

Scott Brusaw, a former electrical engineer, has figured out a way to turn solar panels in hexagons that can connect to create a road way.

He is calling the project Solar Roadways and wants to turn all the roads, sidewalks, and parking lots in America into solar powered energy farms, which can generate power for everyone. And that is not all these things can do. They can use their power to light up the road at night time or to send driving alerts to drivers who are on the road.

They can also be used to keep roadways cleaned and melt and snow that falls on them. In the cities they can be used to help power stop light and street lamps. The possibilities are seemingly limitless when you think about it. By putting the way we generate and transfer energy in the road we would eliminate overhead lines.

Scott Brusaw launched a highly successful indiegogocampaign which raised over 2 million dollars. So we should be seeing these roadways soon rather than later.

Check out the video below and see for yourself all the cool things these solar panels can do.